Creative, feisty, curious. Highly opinionated but low maintenance.
Passionate, quick-witted, non-judgmental. Feminist. I can be
intense and blunt but I'm super silly and I love puppies and I cry
at weddings and during every LOTR installment and I believe in
kindness and empathy above all. I'm headstrong, and somewhat
idealistic. I can kick your ass in ping pong. I love conversation,
debate and getting to know others and what makes people tick,
squirm and leap about in fits of exultation. I'm still learning
about myself and trying to carve a meaningful path in this world,
but I'm comfortable in my own skin. I wear lots of dresses. I
frequently have dreams where I punch Bret Easton Ellis and Bill
Mahr in the face.

Why do guys feel the need to answer the "how often do you
masturbate?" question publicly? Dudes, I really don't want know the
self-pleasuring habits of strangers on the Internet.

Writer and journalist. I ask questions for a living and I wouldn't
have it any other way.

I'm a fact-checker at a major fashion and culture monthly, and I
also freelance for major magazines and their web counterparts on
cultural politics, women's issues, labor, dance, fashion, you name
it. As cliche as it sounds I love to tell stories--hence I'm still
drawn to the dying medium of the feature story, and long-form
writing in general.

I general I'm keeping the good people in my life and getting to
know others, boxing, dancing, trying to explore the city more,
trying to eat more fruit, getting a kick out of viral videos
involving children doing adorable things and/or dancing pandas,
seriously contemplating grad school and bemoaning my inability to
wear matching socks. I love, love, love to cook and eat but don't
have nearly as much time as I'd like for the former.

Books: The Kiss of the Spiderwoman, by Manuel Puig. Some favorites:
Revolutionary Road, Winesburg, Ohio, Middlesex (yea, and what of
it?), anything by Marilynne Robinson, Paul Auster, Faulkner,
Forster, Woolf or Coetzee. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a classic, as
is Harold and the Purple Crayon.

*I've found that I am terribly disappointed when a guy's favorite
authors list on OKCupid is a list of a bunch of dudes. I find that
I an terribly disappointed quite frequently.

Movies: "Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say
YES!"
"You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong
Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's
gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your
life."

TV: The Twilight Zone is the greatest television show of all time
(glad we go that out of the way). Now that the X-Files is on Hulu I
may never leave my apartment. Also: Misfits, House, Happy Endings,
The Mindy Project, SVU, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Community
(Donald Glover, will you marry me?), Freaks and Geeks, Buffy,
Daria, Up With Chris Hayes, Daily Show, The Melissa Harris Perry
Show

Food: Everything, and the spicier the better. In particular
burritos, burritos, burritos, Indian (Mama's home cookin', y'all)
and more burritos. And cheese. Lots and lots of cheese. Preferably
when it's chillin' with some macaroni.

Freewheeling. Beer-drinking. Not-heels-wearing. At a casual pub or
bar with beer, good friends and good music (darts or board games
are always fun to add to the mix) or taking some 'me' time to veg
or research/work out more story ideas (and taking many breaks in
between to look up pictures of cute animals on the internet).
Sometimes dancing. Probably to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XV5_WagxZg&feature=related

You want to! You enjoy long conversations and debates over food
and/or wine. You don't mistake opinionated women for "bitches." And
you won't make fun of me for my terrible jokes or get too
embarrassed when I bust out into the Carlton dance at the grocery
store. You're not a borough snob (or any kind of snob, for that
matter).